The implementation of this project is to continuously help operate the Sustainable Low Carbon Homeland Office in Kaohsiung City, and to execute work related to climate change as well as green city transference. The content of implementation includes developing actions of sustainable low carbon project for Kaohsiung city, managing and investing actions and plans, maintaining the operating function of sustainable management, and convincing as well as supporting bureaus and offices in the Kaohsiung city into participating in Environmental Protection Administration Certification system in order to perform the results from implementing sustainable projects. The project coordinates with that of Sustainable Low Carbon Homeland policy in Kaohsiung city on the community level, and assist communities in improving their ability of self-supplied electricity. The project targets the lists of communities collected and investigates on communities’ feasibility as well as evaluates the benefits of setting plans on those sites. Environmental Protection Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government approves that Long-mu and Lun-gang are two communities which are counseled as to the demonstration of solar power system this year, and it is the project’s duty to help accomplish the setting of the system. It is estimated that the annual reduction of carbon emission will be 6357 kg CO2e out of this action. In addition, the project also promotes educational propaganda, hoping that the setting of this demonstration site will expand the scale of participation in communities. As for the counseling for communities, the project has accomplished the setting of action plans for 5 potential communities—Tian-wei, Fu-an, Zhu-xi, Jiu-gang, Zhu-liao—and other two core communities along with their neighborhood communities. The action plans include growing greens along the walls or setting green fences, improving energy saving ability of old buildings, promoting the use of electric motorbikes, retaining and reusing rain water, and so on. It is estimated that the annual reduction of carbon emission will be 47,131 kgCO2e. The project has also counseled 2 districts and 165 communities in accessing the Low Carbon and Sustainable Homeland Certification, helping another 6 districts and 19 villages reach copper certification (5 potential communities included). Meanwhile, achieving the goal of reaching copper certification for Kaohsiung City. In order to let communities get a clear vision of work related to low carbon sustainability, the project held 4 educational training so that every unit can fully understand Low Carbon and Sustainable Homeland Certification system and assist in accessing the certification as well as reaching copper certification. In addition, two featured communities are chosen for visiting and arranging tours according to the specific types of these communities. They are Wen-nan community in Tainan for ‘green space creation in cities’, and Da-tian community in Kaohsiung city for ‘reusing recycled resources in countries.’ Through these two featured cities, it is hoped that the concept of low carbon sustainability can be delivered and strengthened for each community representative. Also, the project publishes media advertisement titled ‘Congratulations—Niao-song, Yong-an, Liu-gui, Mao-lin and Tao-yuan districts winning cooper certification of Low Carbon and Sustainable Homeland Certification from Environmental Protection Bureau! Mayor of Kaohsiung City rewarded and praised publicly.’ The results of certification can be showcased in the advertisement, and it is also a good way to encourage other units to take part in the project. Furthermore, the project uses environmental-friendly products featuring the communities as products for propaganda. The project also makes propaganda brochures out of the results of implementation of each community on low carbon sustainability, promoting environmental concepts via the results of communities. In doing so, it is hoped that communities are willing to learn from others and promote Low Carbon and Sustainable Homeland together.

Low Carbon and Sustainable Homeland, Sustainable Management, Community Counseling, Low Carbon and Sustainable Homeland Certification Mechanism